In the Matter of Peter D. Korn

Summary

The South Carolina Supreme Court accepts an Agreement for Discipline by Consent and publicly reprimands attorney Peter D. Korn. The misconduct involved failure to ensure payment for foreclosure-related services and delay in returning earnest money, violating specified South Carolina Rules of Professional Conduct.

Holdings

1. Respondent's failure to ensure payment for services that enabled the firm's foreclosure practice, despite the firm's receipt of payment for those costs from clients, violated Rule 4.4(a) and Rule 8.4(e), Rule 407, SCACR.
2. Respondent's delay in delivering the deed and Master's commission and in returning earnest money violated Rule 1.15(d), RPC, Rule 407, SCACR.
3. The admitted misconduct warranted a public reprimand, and the court accepted the Agreement for Discipline by Consent.

Questions Presented

1. Whether Respondent's admitted conduct violated the cited Rules of Professional Conduct and constituted grounds for lawyer discipline.
2. Whether the Agreement for Discipline by Consent should be accepted and a public reprimand imposed.

Disposition

other